The Osceola times., 1887-02-05
ernx.Sr i. said to be erecting barracks

9ERMANr IL SAID 10 De erecting oarrachb
along the French frontier.
TIE Government revenues for the pres
ent month will exceed those Of last Jan
uary by at least SIS, 100000
IT Is stated that the British have Ill
gunboats Of light enough dranght TO sail
up the ST. Lawrence and into Lake On
tario, where they could raise cain with
our inland navigation in case Of breach
between the two nations; and we have
nothing 10 cope with them, and could not
get them there II we had.
Az international exhibition Of peoples
food was opened on the 10Th, at the
| Crystal Palace at Leipsic, In the presence
Of the King and Queen Of Sexony
BLACK diphtheria is said 10 be raging
northeast of Madison, Wis. On the night
Of the 2sth Peter Myers, a farmer, lost
five childen by the disease. The schools
at Wannakee have been closed and the
town is quarantinel.
DAKOTA and Montana were visited on
the 29th by the worst blizzard known for
years. Trains in every direction wero
either abandoned or were stuck fast In
the snow.
Ir is announced at Ottawa, Ont, that
| British war ships are TO be sent TO Cana
dian waters in the spring TO aid the Cana
dian authorities in enforcing the fisheries
regulations.
AN immense ice gorge is formed in the
Susquehanna river, five miles from
Wilkesbarre, Pa, and great damage is ex-
pected.
RIorIyo has been resumed at Belfast
and vicinity.
The sanitary condition Of Buenos Ayres
\ is now reported good, cholera having dis
appeared from Cordova.
THE Berlin correspondent of the London
Daily Neps says he hears that the whole
German army is to be called out in sec
tions of q, 900 men to be drilled in the use
of the repeating r A..
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate on the s5th senator Fan we'll ot
Illinois took his scat. The conference report
on the Army Appropriation bill was agreed to.
The conference report on the bill providing for
allotment Of lands In severalty to Indians
was agreed to. The Chair announced his sigma
ture to the Interstate Commerce bill. The
The woman suffrage resolution was debated,
voted on and lost, "a to 10. number OF bills
we're passed making appropriations for public
buildings Adjourned. .... In the House tho
enrolled copy OF the Interstate CON-
merce bill was sighed by the Speaker. The con-
tested election case OF Paige VS.. Pierce, from
Rhode Island, was called up and caused .
rather acrimonious debate, after which the
majority resolution declaring the seat vacanD
was agreed to- Mr.. Hatch reported the Az
ricultural Appropriation bill, and the House 40
iourned.
In the Senate on the eJth the credentials Of
several newly elected Senators were presented
and placed on file. Resolutions instructing the
committee on privileges and elections to IN
vestigate alleged outrages in Washington
County. Tex, were passed. The bill to es
tablsh agricultural experiment stations was
considered and laid over. The Railroad At
torney bill was called up and laid over In the
House estimates were submitted to meet ex
penditures required by the Mexican Pension
bin The Senate Fisheries bill was referred 70
the committee on foreign affairs, with leave 70
report at any time. The conference report on
the Army Appropriation bill was considered in
committee OF the whole and substitute was
adopted and reported TO the House, which re
,ected IL. Final action on the bill was expect
ed on the .sth.
IN the Senate on the e7th several resolution
were offered and referred. The Railroad Az
torney bill was postponed until the 2sth. The
Dependent Soldiers bill passed; also the Agri'
cultural Experiment Station bill. The Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was reported from the
committee The River and Harbor bill was re-
celved and referred. ......1n the House
the River ana Harbor Appropriation plii WAS
passed. The bill for incorporation OF the wash
ington ID c. Gable railway was called up, and
illibustcring tactics were resorted TO. The
House finally took recess until eleven O'Clock
a. m. OF the 18th.
In the Senate on the 2ath Mr. Edmunds pre-
sented memorial for reduction or repeal Of
internal revenue taxes. Mr.. Malone presented
q petition from Virginia for repeal of the
tobacco tax. The RailroadAttorney bill was
considered. The motion for reconsideration
OF the Dependent Parents Pension bill
was withdrawn ...I In the House the Wash.
ington Cable Railway bill was passed. A
resolution OF the San Francisco Chamber
OF Commerce was presented. declaring against
the commercial treaty with Spain. The con
ference report on the Militia bill was agreed to-
Consideration OF the Pleuro Pneumonia bil 90
cupied the remainder OF the session.
In the Senate on the 2eth the Yellowstone
Park bill was taken up and discussed The
Railroad Attorney bill was postponed until the
3ist The Yellowstone Park bill was then
taken up again, and after being amended was
passed. Consideration OF the Pacific Railroad
Funding bill was postponed until February 7.
sea-. In the House the bill was passed appro-
priatng $40 90 for ID for the droughtstrck'
en- counties in Texas. Several resolutions OF
minor Importance were offered The Post
once Appropriation bill WAS considered in
com mmittee OF the whole, reported to the House
and passed. The District Of Columbia Appro-
priation bill was passed.
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